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4/2/2012 - The early stages of the customer-supplier mating dance are an invitation for discovering what a potential partner is all about....View Article

3/5/2012 - Millstone Medical Outsourcing has flung open the doors to two new sales offices, one in San Diego, CA, and the other in Warsaw, IN....View Article

2/22/2012 - Turning to emerging markets for long-term growth can be savvy business strategy - as long as companies can overcome the challenges associated with setting up shop in these areas....View Article

11/30/2011 - Mass.-based Millstone Medical Outsourcing now will provide freezer storage and cold chain distribution services for customers' biologic products from its facility in Memphis, TN....View Article

9/30/2011 - With tougher controls and increased warnings from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and international regulatory bodies, and more demands from OEMs for better quality, consistency, time to market, and lower costs, a medical device manufacturer is walking a high-risk tightrope if it isn't taking best practices seriously. ...View Article

8/31/2011 - Millstone Medical Outsourcing has named Karl Neuberger vice president of operations of its Memphis, Tenn., facility....View Article

8/5/2011 - White gloves...24x7...Millstone Medical Outsourcing has announced that the company has completed an expansion of its advanced mechanical inspection cell. ...View Article

7/29/2011 - Millstone Medical Outsourcing LLC...has added more facility space and more staff, the Fall River company noted in a press release. ...View Article

7/28/2011 - Millstone Medical Outsourcing announced today that the company recently completed an expansion of its advanced mechanical inspection cell....View Article

6/28/2011 - More data and at a faster rate than ever... Millstone Medical Outsourcing has announced that it has recently introduced an advanced version of its online inventory management system....View Article

6/27/2011 - The contract sterilization and packaging sector is teeming with activity these days as OEMs ratchet up their use of such services, with heavy emphasis on meeting both supply chain management and regulatory issues that they don't wish to maintain in-house....View Article

2/9/2011 - Bringing-and keeping things-in alignment. Millstone Medical Outsourcing has announced that the company has added a new service, called Supplier Quality System Auditing, and has hired a full-time professional to manage the process....View Article

1/31/2011 - In today's manufacturing and business climates, there is no excuse for orthopedic companies to avoid implementing lean principles or a similar program. ...View Article

11/5/2010 - Putting down even deeper roots . . .Millstone Medical Outsourcing has announced that the company will be leasing a 26,000 square foot building in Fall River, MA (a stone's throw from the company's headquarters)....View Article

11/3/2010 - Millstone Medical Outsourcing is adding space near its headquarters in Fall River, Mass....View Article

10/25/2010 - Communication and commitment to quality are among the ingredients to establishing best practices among OEMs and other customers. ...View Article

9/29/2010 - Millstone Medical Adds Staff in Memphis...View Article

8/2/2010 - To provide its medical device OEM clients with improved inventory management services, Millstone Medical Outsourcing has upgraded both the hardware and software of its proprietary inventory management system (IMS)....View Article

5/7/2010 - Millstone Medical Outsourcing has registered as a human tissue bank with state and federal authorities and expanded its Memphis operation to include those services....View Article

4/1/2010 - A license to provide white glove service...Millstone Medical Outsourcing, partner to numerous orthopedic companies, has announced that its Memphis, Tennessee, facility has registered with the FDA as a human tissue bank in order to expand services to manufacturers of products containing human cells or tissues used in surgical procedures....View Article

4/1/2010 - Millstone Medical Outsourcing registers as a human tissue bank, completing the registration and licensing process in six states. ...View Article

3/1/2010 - The only thing that goes missing on his watch is inefficiency... Millstone Medical Outsourcing has recently announced that John F. Ferris is its news Director of Manufacturing Engineering. Ferris, who has 25 years of experience in manufacturing and engineering, will be responsible for ramping up Millstone's manufacturing operations, including processes involving new technology and automation. ...View Article

3/1/2010 - Former DuPuy manufacturing engineer John Ferris will lead Millstone Medical Outsourcing's manufacturing operations. Millstone Medical Outsourcing tapped former DePuy official John Ferris to be its new director of manufacturing engineering....View Article

3/1/2010 - Fall River-based Millstone Medical Outsourcing has hired John F. Ferris to be director of manufacturing engineering, taking responsibility for enhancing the company's operations, including bringing in new technology and automation. ...View Article

2/1/2010 - The Fall River, Mass.-based company is planning to open a 5,400 square-foot clean room at its headquarters in February. ...View Article

1/29/2010 - Millstone Medical Outsourcing announced today that the company will open a state-of-the-art, 5,400 square foot clean room at Millstone's headquarters in Fall River, MA. ...View Article

1/28/2010 - Way beyond Windex...Millstone Medical Outsourcing has announced plans to open a state-of-the-art, 5,400 square foot clean room at its headquarters in Fall River, Massachusetts. Combined with the company's existing clean room space, this makes for 8,000 plus square feet overall. ...View Article

1/27/2010 - The Fall River, Mass.-based company is planning to open a 5,400 square-foot clean room at its headquarters in February. ...View Article

1/27/2010 - Millstone Medical Outsourcing plans to add a 5,400-square-foot clean room to its Fall River, Mass., headquarters next month, taking its total clean room space to more than 8,000 square feet. ...View Article

1/1/2010 - Millstone Medical Outsourcing is to open a 500 square meter cleanroom at its US headquarters in Fall River, MA. ...View Article

11/1/2009 - Packaging and sterilization are two very important steps in the medical device manufacturing process. ...View Article

10/1/2009 - In his 2005 bestselling book, "The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century," Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas L. Friedman discusses the torrent of technological advances and social shifts that have led to globalization. ...View Article

8/1/2009 - Millstone Medical Outsourcing (Fall River, MA) has added advanced equipment to its Memphis facility to increase production volume and speed. ...View Article

8/1/2009 - Millstone Medical Outsourcing has enhanced its loaner kit processing service by purchasing new state-of-the-art equipment for its facility in Memphis, Tenn. ...View Article

6/1/2009 - Irene Peter is not a name that is synonymous with the medical device industry. ...View Article

4/27/2009 - NBC Channel 10's Bill Rappleye covers the grand opening celebration of the Millstone Medical Outsourcing's new headquarters in Fall River. ...View Article

4/24/2009 - Millstone Medical Outsourcing has expanded its Memphis facility for additional capacity and new services and the move likely signals future expansions by the company. ...View Article

4/20/2009 - Fall River-based Millstone Medical Outsourcing LLC, a contract medical and dental products manufacturer, is set to open a new clean room facility that includes other features its customers require, including remote monitoring. ...View Article

4/13/2009 - Millstone Medical Outsourcing has expanded its Memphis facility by 12,000 square feet for additional capacity for its medical and dental loaner kit operations. ...View Article

2/1/2009 - OEMs interested in whittling down the number of suppliers they use are encouraged to visit Millstone Medical's facilities to familiarize themselves with the company's capabilities and quality systems. ...View Article

10/8/2008 - Millstone Medical Outsourcing has acquired a 27,000-square-foot facility in Fall River, Mass., for increased capacity to accommodate growing business. ...View Article

11/5/2007 - Millstone's recent decision to open a distribution center in Memphis shows how the city's logistics infrastructure can help attract jobs in the medical device industry, a sector that's already strong in Memphis but which local leaders want to expand. ...View Article

9/1/2007 - Millstone Medical to Open Memphis Facility - Fall River, Mass.-based Millstone Medical Outsourcing is preparing to open its first facility outside of its home operations right here in Memphis. (PDF) ...View Article

5/1/2007 - Firms are taking advantage of an increasingly full-service and global model. ...View Article

12/1/2005 - Millstone Medical Outsourcing launched its Loaner Expedite Program...View Article

10/21/2005 - Medical Device Reprocessor Supports Disclosure Bill...View Article

10/1/2005 - OEMs Best Third Parties With Own Reprocessing Programs (PDF)...View Article

7/22/2005 - From Curbside to Bedside: How Millstone Medical Outsourcing Applies Recycling Principles to Medical Instruments...View Article

9/1/2000 - The Herald News: Mills House New Ideas - 09/07/2000 ...View Article